Severe weather remained a possibility this weekend across the Chicago area, with damaging winds of up to 60 miles per hour, hail and heavy rainfall all potential threats.
According to the Storm Prediction Center, all of northern Illinois and northwest Indiana was at a “slight” risk of severe weather on Saturday, the second of five levels used by the SPC to forecast strong storms.
According to the National Weather Service, a line of storms will gradually weaken as it moves through in the mid-morning hours to midday. Though conditions will likely be clear later on, some scattered showers might continue through the evening hours, according to NBC 5 Storm Team meteorologists.
More precipitation – and potential storms – could arrive in the second half of the weekend. A storm system covering the entire Chicago area is expected to move in early Sunday, bringing showers and thunderstorms.
The prospect of seeing one massive storm both days isn’t likely, according to NBC 5 Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Brant Miller.
High temperatures will sit in the mid to upper 80s on Saturday before slightly cooler conditions arrive, according to the NWS. Sunday, meanwhile, will experience highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
Weekend precipitation could just be a sign of what is to come in the days ahead.
An active weather pattern will likely roll in as the work week begins, bringing periodic thunderstorms as heat and humidity build, meteorologists said. Monday will see a possibility of showers and storms, along with temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s.
Heat will return come Tuesday, with highs slated to reach the mid 80s to low 90s.